Apart from being a synonim for "cerveza", in M&#233;xico, "Chela" is also the nickname of Marcela or Graciela, so some guys use to say "Dame una Graciela bien muerta", which actually means "Dame una cerveza bien fr&#237;a" (Give me a very cold beer).

Unfortunately, I have no idea how "chela" became a synonim of cerveza.

In chile chela also means beer I guess we copied from mexicans. It is called like this cause there was tv spot or somethig which said The blond that everyone wants....In méxico a blond girl is also called chela.....so that's why.I guess

I have heard the term for chela meaning beer.I have also heard the term chele for very light skinned. My uncle was always called "el chele", because although he had dark hair, his skin color was veeeeeeeery light!!!! Almost an albino, except for the dark hair.

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Re: Chela

"Chela", in some spanish speaking countries, is just a slang word for beer. The word also means 'blondie' or golden. So, that means that it could be defined by it's color. I also know that chela is short for chelada, which is a drink that has beer, lime juice, other vegetable or fruit juices on a salt rimmed glass. Hope this helped